Ballet Palm Beach Sets 'Romeo and Juliet'

ROMEO & JULIET with Aaron Melendrez and Lily Ojea Loveland, by Janine Harris

(PRESS RELEASE)_(Palm Beach Gardens, FL – January 28, 2019) Colleen Smith, Artistic Director of Ballet Palm Beach today announced that the highly acclaimed professional ballet company will present the perfect pre-Valentine’s Day love story, translated by dance and guided by Prokofiev’s passionate score.

February 8-10
+ Friday at 7 pm
+ Saturday at 1 pm & 7 pm
+ Sunday at 4 pm
ROMEO & JULIET

In Renaissance Italy, two noble families, the Montagues and the Capulets, are embroiled in a long-standing feud. All matters become tragically complicated when a young Romeo Montague and a beautiful Juliet Capulet fall in love at a masquerade ball. This romantic and yet tragic ballet features exciting sword fights, dramatic pas de deux, and vivid ensemble scenes. Prokofiev’s powerful score guides the Shakespearean tale of family feuds, young love, and tragic irony. Aaron Melendrez dances the part of Romeo and Lily Ojea Loveland reprises her role as Juliet. (For ages 6 and up.)

The King’s Academy
Page Family Center for the Performing Arts
8401 Belvedere Road in West Palm Beach
Tickets: $30-$45

This is the fourth time that Ballet Palm Beach has presented ROMEO & JULIET, choreographed and set by Colleen Smith, Claudia Cravey, and Marshall Levin.

"The chemistry on stage is incredible,” says Cravey, Artistic Associate of Ballet Palm Beach. “The performance will leave audience members with a deeper understanding of Shakespeare’s greatest love story.”

How to Purchase Tickets to ROMEO & JULIET:

Please call the box office at 888.718.4253 or visit http://www.balletpalmbeach.org/romeo-and-juliet-feb2019/.

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